★2012/07/10 01:49

Except on weekends, I get my off days from cooking where we either eat out, pizza delivery or Yappi will cook a simple meal for us Something like Okonomiyaki, instant noodles, or maybe cold soba/udon

Even though what I cook now was almost the same as before I’ve got little-big-boss in my tummy, I still tried to cook a nutrient balancing meal as possible during my period of pregnancy..though sometimes, some days could be quite improper..

So here are some of my most recent home cooked dishes for 3 Yappi , me and little-big-boss-in-my-tummy~

A nice and easy menu in winterMake the soup, cut the ingredients, put everything inside and just wait to boil

Lots of veges, good for baby

Japanese-style dishes 和食

From top left to right: Nikujaga (肉じゃが) Tofu top with meat miso (肉味噌の冷奴) Spinach mixed with sesame seeds (ほうれん草のゴマ和え) Hijiki seaweed with soybeans (ひじきの炒め物)

I think Japanese food especially their home cooked menus are always so well-known as healthy as ever. Moreover, the quality of their ingredients are so unbelievably good which not only for the taste but also the physical appearance. For example, I didn’t really like eggplant back home, but I like Japanese eggplant They taste different. Japanese veges or fruits are somehow.. so rich..

Anyways, in Japan, pregnant women are especially recommended to eat more spinach (rich in folic-acid and iron) and hijiki seaweed (rich in iron and calcium). Of course in their home recipes, there are always all kinds of seaweed, veges, tofu, beans, fish..etc food rich of nutrients you would ever need to consume

In short, Donburi is Japanese rice-bowl dish. Fish, meat, vegetables, etc simmered together and served on top of rice in a bowl. Oyako-don is a standard menu in Japan and is very very easy to make I cook this when I’m feeling lazy

I think I eat less green veges in Japan.. In every of mom’s dishes, there’re always green veges Sometimes, I just followed her style of cooking the green veges, and try to eat more during this period for little-big-boss

We usually eat noodles on weekends coz they are easy and fast to prepare. Yappi helps to make and sometimes I just let him do all of it Weekends’ my holiday That’s why on weekends, I think sometimes I kinda lack of nutrients in food.. Cucumber or cabbage doesn’t make enough..